A new number one

Passes has blossomed into a leader.

Christian graney is this week's amateur athlete.

çááápkgáááñ çááwyatt lineááñ "he was a real quiet guy at first.

He was humble.

He was just kind of one of those guys that would put his head down and just work and do whatever the coaches asked him.

He was a sleeper for sure.

He just kind of came alive and started making all of these crazy plays."

çáátopical lineááñ çáánat popááñ "touchdown raiders!"

With the right attitude... guys like sou wide receiver christian graney quickly become leaders.

Graney's "stay quiet and work" mentallity is why he is the right man to lead a young sou receiver group, that aside from graney, has never caught a pass in a college game.

çáácharlie lineááñ "he is.

You know leadership comes in many shapes and forms. i think if you have a guy that leads by example, you really can't go wrong there."

çááchristian lineááñ "for me, all i am trying to do is boost their confidence up because i know when i was freshman, i did not come in with a lot of confidence.

I was making mistakes.

I was dropping balls.

So for me, i want to be that guy to go ahead and step-up and be there for them and let them know, "hey it is alright if you mess up.

It is all a learning experience and we are going to get better as a team, as a core, and we are going to be dangerous."

çáátopical lineááñ but graney has already been dangerous.

In 2020, while defenses had their eyes locked on sou legend jordan suell, graney racked up 646 receiving yards and three touchdowns.

Aside from suell, that led all other sou receivers.

çáácharlie lineááñ "well jordan attracted a lot of attention and we did not really, christian was an unkown.

Known to us but in terms of defenses trying to gameplan to stop the key players i don't think that he was somebody they circled until later in the season."

Defenses will cirlce him now.

With suell graduating and leaving the program, graney will be the new number one target.

Though he will take every lesson with him.

çááchristian lineááñ "well, for me, i have been doing this for awhile now.

He was a great teacher and he coached me.

He coached me up and he made me the player that i am today.

Him and coach tim, one of the older coaches.

I want to thank those guys.

They really did scold me and made me into the receiver i am today."

With a very young group behind him, he has one very important characteristic that will lead they way.

"very coachable.

You just tell him one thing and then he fixes it and he